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‘I Want It to Echo': Maryland Event Shines Light on Black-Owned Businesses
Interest in Black-owned businesses surged over the spring and summer, but the pandemic has still wreaked havoc. D.C.-area entrepreneurs are banding together for an event to promote such businesses. News4’s Molette Green reports.
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Merger of Black-Owned Bank Expands Banking Opportunities For Lower-Income Communities
The west coast’s oldest black-founded and managed savings and loan will turn 75 next year, with a new partner and an expanded mission. LA’s Broadway Federal is merging with another black-managed bank in Washington, D.C., that will not only increase resources for funding, but be a first step to expanding low-income banking opportunities in other urban centers. “This model...
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‘My Black Receipt' Campaign Counts $7M+ Spent at Black-Owned Businesses
“My Black Receipt” has counted more than $7 million spent at Black-owned businesses nationwide. News4’s Jummy Olabanji talks to the website’s creator Kezia Williams about how this movement goes beyond promoting businesses owned by people of color.
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Black-Owned Businesses in DC Support Each Other Through the Pandemic
News4’s Aimee Cho speaks with the community of black-owned businesses on lower Georgia Avenue in D.C.’s Columbia Heights as they help support each other through these times.
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10 Black-Owned Food Businesses to Support — Now and Always
In addition to teaching kids to be anti-racist, donating to organizations that help protesters or change policies surrounding police brutality, healthcare rights and more, you can support black business owners locally and nationwide by reaching for black-owned food brands next time you’re at the store (or shop online).